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During times of financial hardships, many employer would find themselves victims of theft from the very people they trust. In May 2021, one of my sales staff was caught stealing Php 56,000 worth of cash and jewelry via reporting fake GCash transactions which turned out to be real cash transactions, with her pocketing the money. […]
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HR Practitioners should be very conversant to the many DOLE Labor Advisories issued related to COVID-19. Regardless, it’s still a shock to me that many do not seem to read the DOLE Labor Advisories that are published for free in their website. Not only are such information widely available, but they are also timely updated, […]
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Certificate of Employment (COE) — A simple document that has created so much ruckus in the HR community these days. Why oh why oh why? Technically, the COE is a very simple document. See DOLE Labor Advisory No. 6, Series of 2020 for the particulars: Verbatim to the advisory, a Certificate of Employment (COE) is a […]
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The DOLE Department Order No. 215, Series of 2020, which dropped just last October 26, caused a lot of confusion in the HR space. Personally, I found the Department Order No. 215, Series of 2020 weird since paragraphs over paragraphs are in BOLD and ALL CAPITAL as if someone in DOLE has been shouting their […]
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Can the Staff Refuse to Report Back to Work Due to the Pandemic? There are many reasons why a staff may refuse to report back to work as follows: He’s angry at the boss for not receiving any ayuda from ECQ to present day. He’s already in the province and don’t want to take the […]
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Today is September 5, and we’re almost at the 6th month mark since ECQ started! According to Article 301 (Ex. Art. 286) of the Labor Code — companies can place their employees on floating status so long as the period does not exceed SIX months. When employment not deemed terminated. The bona-fide suspension of […]
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To the people who are counting the exact date when the 6th month is due when it’s time to ask people back to report from their floating status: The Supreme Court recognizes the use of 180 days when computing for 6 months. Just be careful you don’t exceed on this date. Source: Date and Time […]
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